North Stand Construction Discussion

[Coatigan]

The club stated it in the original announcement mate

Thanks. Got a link?

 

[LEXSTARproject]

Ask him to contact 1894 directly. I’m sure they will reply.

These are the only details that I can find to contact 1894 their Twitter and Facebook pages have no way of contacting them @jrb @Manchester33 -comms@weare1894.co.uk

 

[Centurions]

Thanks. Got a link?

It's confirmed at https://www.mancity.com/news/club/e...nning-application-cgi-interpretation-63817343

"The Club’s proposals represent over £300m investment into East Manchester through a major construction project that would take up to three years to complete, offering 2,600 jobs prioritised for people from Greater Manchester."

 

[HelloCity]

If we developed the corners and built the Colin Bell Stand with a similar height to the new stands, we’d probably be looking at least 70k without even taking the East Stand into account.

 

[Edghill OG]

There is a lot of romance about atmosphere.

I was at Maine Road in the 70 s, all the way through till the end, yes sometimes the atmosphere was great but let's not kid ourselves, it was often dead.

There's understandably a lot of nostalgia when we talk about Maine Road. On the whole I believe it was better but I think we are over-critical about the atmosphere at the Etihad. We weren't under the microscope from others when we were battling the likes of Crewe like we are now. I don't really watch any television apart from live sport so I have a lot of live games on and think the Etihad is above average for the Premier League.

We didn't do ourselves any favours with the hospitality/corporate on level 2 in the earlier days of the new stadium. These seats being the first thing you saw on the tv cameras and they used to be VERY sparsely populated. It was impossible convincing non-City fans some games were sold out and the 'Emptyhad' jibe has stuck ever since. So I can see why some are unhappy at there being non-standard seats on the front of the new North Stand second tier.

We're all City fans and used to having a moan. We can't really do that about the team on the pitch any more so it needs to be directed elsewhere.

 

[WARBABY]

I used to want things my own way but then I grew up

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Spin? I am not spinning anything and if you think you are going to fill those seats week in week out with "singers" think again, ain't happening, the game has moved on and changed.

Tourists, casuals call it what you want but that's become modern football, I don't like it but if you want a club competing for the major titles, with elite players and management, tourists, casuals and corporate it has to be.

you’ve completely missed my point. I didn’t mention tourists or casuals or that we had to fill the stand with people who sing non stop.

I don’t think there should be corporate seating at the front of a home end. That’s a perfectly reasonable opinion to have, which is seemingly shared by most people on here.

Imagine dortmunds yellow wall with a hospitality section at the front..

 

[Coatigan]

you’ve completely missed my point. I didn’t mention tourists or casuals or that we had to fill the stand with people who sing non stop.

I don’t think there should be corporate seating at the front of a home end. That’s a perfectly reasonable opinion to have, which is seemingly shared by most people on here.

Imagine dortmunds yellow wall with a hospitality section at the front..

We probably won't need the hospitality section, when we get banished out to league 2.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Call me nieve, foolish, enthusiastic, whatever you want, but I had visions of this or something similar, but on a smaller scale, on NSL2.

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Add visually impaired to that list....we don’t play in red !!

 

[christened at st marks]

Add visually impaired to that list....we don’t play in red !!

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I contacted Ian Cheesman, would anyone like to go on his podcast to discuss the matter @jrb @Manchester33 @Didsbury Dave.

He just sent me a msg

Would you or someone else like to come on my podcast via Zoom tomorrow night? at 7.30 pm

This is a way of getting this message out

Yeah, I’d do it.

 

[LEXSTARproject]

Yeah, I’d do it.

@Didsbury Dave just sent you a private msg

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Pedant !!

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Call me nieve, foolish, enthusiastic, whatever you want, but I had visions of this or something similar, but on a smaller scale, on NSL2.

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Yes, this is what I was thinking. I was thinking that it would be exactly like our current SSL1, times five. A proper vocal stand.

There’s no hospitality in SSL1 now, because it’s the vocal stand. There is plenty of space all around the rest of the stadium to increase hospitality. It doesn’t need to be front and centre in the new vocal stand.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Spin? I am not spinning anything and if you think you are going to fill those seats week in week out with "singers" think again, ain't happening, the game has moved on and changed.

Tourists, casuals call it what you want but that's become modern football, I don't like it but if you want a club competing for the major titles, with elite players and management, tourists, casuals and corporate it has to be.

Not on the front rows of the vocal stand it doesn’t.

City could horse-shoe the entire rest of Level 2 in the East, South and Colin Bell stands to increase hospitality and leave the new NSL2 alone and create something special in terms of a vocal stand.

It really doesn’t have to be, and shouldn’t be there.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I used to want things my own way but then I grew up

So why did the club invite the 1894 lads down and ask them what they wanted? Why did the club put out surveys to fans and ask them what they wanted? Why did the club give us all the impression that this was going to be a vocal stand where we would just replicate SSL1 on a grander scale, only to then put plans out with hospitality on the front rows and not have safe standing?

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I think you might be pleasantly surprised ;-). I suspect anyone who chooses to move there will know what is expected and will be totally up for it. Otherwise they may as well stay where they are.

I agree mate. People moving there and paying plenty for tickets will want to get behind the Blues.

That said, corporate blocks in the “atmosphere end” wouldn’t be ideal so why don’t those lobbying against this demonstrate to Danny Wilson and Co that there are enough singers to fill the end. So far the arguments seem to be more about throwing very cheap tickets at younger fans in the hope they they will create a racket.

I really want the expanded North Stand to work but it’s going to take effort to get there.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Not on the front rows of the vocal stand it doesn’t.

City could horse-shoe the entire rest of Level 2 in the East, South and Colin Bell stands to increase hospitality and leave the new NSL2 alone and create something special in terms of a vocal stand.

It really doesn’t have to be, and shouldn’t be there.

Probably true mate but the people who sit in the expensive seats in Level 2 would have get behind the lads louder than the singing section at Wembley yesterday. Thank goodness there were Bkues on the upper tier who kept trying to get songs going.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

If enough fans were serious about improving the atmosphere we would have a decent Mahrez song. The lad created history yesterday.

 

[Keeper!]

Not on the front rows of the vocal stand it doesn’t.

City could horse-shoe the entire rest of Level 2 in the East, South and Colin Bell stands to increase hospitality and leave the new NSL2 alone and create something special in terms of a vocal stand.

It really doesn’t have to be, and shouldn’t be there.

600 seats out of 7000 extras, get a grip.